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Callippus

or Ca·lip·pus, Cal·lip·us

[ kuh-lip-uhs ]

noun

  1. flourished 4th century b.c., Greek astronomer.

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Similarly in astronomy, Aristotle used the assistance of Eudoxus and Callippus.

This is no more the case than that the spheres of Eudoxus and Callippus were supposed to be real.

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